Ph.D. 1992, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, History (with distinction)
M.Phil. 1968, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, History/Sociology
A.M. 1966, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, History
A.B. 1965, Columbia University, Columbia College, History
National Association of Adults With Learning Differences (2002-)
Videographer Award of Distinction (2001).
OSCAR, Kansas Keyes for Networking (2001).
National Advisory Board, National Resource Center for Safe Schools (2000-2002)
CINE Golden Eagle (2000)
Who’s Who in America (2000-)
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Mental Health, Montgomery County Maryland, (2000-2001)
President’s Celebrating Success Award, National Association of School Psychologists (2000)
The Communicator Award (1999)
Research Advisory Board to Grant Foundation Meta Analysis of the impact of Social, Emotional and Learning Interventions (2003-)
National Advisory Board, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University. (1999-)
Research Advisory Board, National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. (1997-1999)
Mental Health Advisory Board, Child Welfare League of America (1998-)
Science Review Panel, Center for Mental Health Services, Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health
Editorial Board, Multiple Voices: The Journal of the Division of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners of the Council for Exceptional Children (2002- )
Editorial Board, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (1998-)
Editorial Boards, Family Matters (1998-1999)
Editorial Board, Reaching Out to Youth: The Community Circle of Care Journal (1996-2001)
Editorial Board, SED Quarterly (1993–1996)
Visiting Fellow, Rutgers University Center For Historical Studies, (1994)
Research Associate, Afro-American Communities Project, Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of American History, (1993–5)
Bancroft Award Nominee, Columbia University, (1992)
Social History Fellow, Columbia University, (1966–1969)
Public Health Service Trainee, Columbia University, (1966–1969)
Presidential Fellowship, Columbia University, (1966)
Columbia College Scholarship, (1961–1965)
New York State Regent’s Scholarship, (1961–1965)
American Institutes for Research, Pelavin Research Center
Managing Research Scientist
Responsibilities include direction of research, evaluation, synthesis, communication, and technical assistance activities concerning programs and services for children, youth, and families. Projects may require the design and management of research, policy analysis, supervision and conduct of data collection and analysis procedures, and preparation of reports and memoranda for Federal policy makers.
Principal Investigator, National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for Delinquent and Neglected Youth. This evaluation and technical assistance center supports the U. S. Department of Education’s Title I Program for Neglected and Delinquent Youth. Tasks include development of an evaluation protocol, website, conducting meetings, and providing technical assistance to state and local grantees.
Principal Investigator. Training and Technical Assistance Center for Safe and Drug Free Schools National Coordinators. This Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free School division, is a collaboration of AIR, The Educational Development Centers, Inc. (EDC), The Consortium for Academic and Social Learning (CASEL), and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). The center provides training, learning opportunities, and networking opportunities for the safe and drug free school coordinators who work in elementary, middle or high schools. Training focuses on best practices, linking student support and academic progress, and leadership development.
Principal Investigator (Project Monitor), National Center for Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Violence. This Center is a collaboration of The Educational Development Centers, Inc. (EDC) and AIR, with Principal Investigators from both organizations. The Center provides technical assistance to the grantees of the Safe School/Healthy Students Initiative, which is funded by the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice as well as to prevention grantees funded by the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Principal Investigator, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)). This training and technical assistance center serves the 60 grantees of the Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. This contract is funded by CMHS with additional resources from the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services. The Center, which has senior advisors in mental health, juvenile justice, child welfare, education, families, and primary health, is undertaken in collaboration with the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
Principal Investigator Building and Maintaining Effective Learning Communities for All Students. This initiative is a collaboration with the Learning First Alliance (LFA), a permanent partnership of 12 leading educational associations that have come together to improve student learning in America's schools. The purpose of this long-term AIR-LFA initiative is to address the development of safe, supportive learning communities as a means to meeting high academic standards. Its basic premise is that the approach to standards based reform that has been effective in advancing academic achievement – establishing standards, measuring progress towards meeting those standards, and a continuous improvement progress for making corrections and aligning resources to meet standards – should be expanded to foster safe and supportive learning communities. At the heart of our initiative is an effort to develop effective measures of safe and supportive learning communities and create the support within the education community and the general public for using these measures as a core element of education reform.
Principal Investigator. Long Term Outcomes of Children Receiving Preschool Intervention for Behavioral and Developmental Concerns. The purpose of this study, which is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education, is to investigate long-term academic outcomes for children who received preschool intervention for behavioral and/or developmental concerns from a promising program. This study will examine longitudinal outcomes for students who received this intervention from 1976-2001 and contrasts and model their developmental trajectory with demographically matched sets of students in their first grade classes who received other early interventions, special education services in first grade, or no interventions.
Principal Investigator Medicaid Support for Community-Based Mental Health Services. The primary purpose of the project is to provide information and guidance on areas of Medicaid policy affecting mental health services – particularly areas that are vague, confusing, poorly understood, or inconsistently interpreted. A secondary purpose is to identify examples of creative uses of Medicaid and other funding to support community-based mental health services. The project will prepare a Medicaid Services guide, which will summarize the Medicaid program with respect to mental health services and describe the choices states can make, 10 policy papers on key Medicaid and mental health issues, and provide targeted technical assistance to states. Subcontractors for this task are the National Mental Health Association and the Judge David Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
Principal Investigator. Research Roundtable on Children of Color in the Child Welfare System. The purpose of the task order with the Administration on Children and Youth is to produce eight empirically based papers that examine the disproportionate participation of children of color in the Child Welfare System. These papers will be examined at a research roundtable and published. The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago is subcontractor for this project.
Principal Investigator. Primary Mental Health Care. The purpose of this task order with the Bureau of Primary Health is to increase the involvement of primary care providers in systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbance and to increase the understanding of the needs of children with and at risk of serious emotional disturbance among primary care providers funded by the Bureau of Primary Care.
Principal Investigator. Alternative Education in the United States. The Purpose of this directed research project funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education is to develop an empirically based conceptualization of alternative education and to develop empirically based criteria for evaluating alternative education programs. The study involves literature reviews, a consensus panel, examination of statewide finance data, and a qualitative and quantitative study of alternative education in two cities.
Project Coordinator: What Works Clearing House Study of Character Education. Leading a study of Character Education focusing on programs in elementary, middle, and high school designed to positively impact the character traits of students. These character traits include both attitudes and behaviors, and are expected to have a positive effect on academic outcomes.
Co-Investigator. Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a whole-day preventive intervention program for first grade directed at reducing the antecedent risk factors for later substance abuse, comorbid mental and behavioral disorders, and school failure. This five-year study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse is concerned with preventing substance abuse, comorbid mental and behavioral disorders, and school failure. It will direct an integrated set of previously tested preventive first-grade interventions at two correlated and confirmed early antecedents: early aggressive, disruptive behavior and poor achievement. The interventions which are integrated and tested are directed at improving: 1) teacher’s classroom behavior management; 2) family/classroom partnerships regarding homework and discipline; and 3) teacher’s instructional practices regarding academic subjects, particularly reading. The combined preventive and educational intervention strategy will be a single Whole Day (WD) first-grade classroom program, built on the empirically determined recognition of the interdependence of these risk factors across substance abuse and educational failure.
Project Director, Technical Support to the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC). This task order provides substantive and technical support to the FICC, including meetings, developing policy briefs, and supporting its website.
Project Director, Resources for Safe Schools and Healthy Students. The purpose of this contract with the Division of Program Development, Special Populations and Projects of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services is to produce a resource kit for the Safe Schools/ Healthy Students Grantees and other community and school-based efforts at creating safe schools.
Principal Investigator and Co-Project Director, Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice. The purpose of Center is to facilitate effective collaboration at federal, state, and local levels, to identify, develop, and disseminate information regarding effective collaborations, practices, and programs to improve outcomes for children and youth with or at risk for developing emotional problems, and to facilitate the exchange of information between and among stakeholders across multiple disciplines Additional resources have been provided by the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program and the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs of the U.S. Department of Education; CMHS, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Center for Mental Health Services and National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Project Director, Technical Support for the Department of Education’s Technology, Educational Media, and Materials Program for Individuals with Disabilities (OSEP). Responsible for the overall conceptualization and management of this project which involves (1) synthesizing the knowledge base regarding technology, educational media, and materials (TMM) for individuals with disabilities, (2) evaluating the impact of the TMM National Agenda and conducting research on technology-related efforts at a school and policy level, and (3) communicating the products of TMM research to diverse audiences. Project activities included developing video and text-based synthesis products, organizing meetings and presentations; conducting studies of the national, state, and local infrastructures that can support the acquisition and effective use of assistive technology, providing support to collaborative research projects; and developing, evaluating, and refining new approaches to synthesizing and communicating research findings.
Project Director, Linking Assessment Policy and Practice in Children’s Mental Health (CMHS). Responsible for overseeing the conceptualization, development, and production of research, evaluation, synthesis, and communication products to support the work of the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services. Products have included: a toolkit to help local communities plan and hold meetings to educate and raise awareness among policymakers about systems of care; reports on strategies for securing funds to sustain local systems of care beyond federal investments; assessment tools to measure the specific needs of families in urban and Native American systems of care; research on the link between teen pregnancy and serious emotional disturbance.
Project Director, National Survey to Determine the Need for Special Education Services for Juvenile Offenders with Disabilities (U.S. Department of Education Office of Education Research & Improvement. Responsible for surveying agencies responsible for serving youthful offenders with disabilities to obtain state-by-state data regarding the number of students with disabilities in the various programs, and determining the extent to which special education services are provided. The task includes working with expert panelists to develop a survey form, conducting the survey, and analyzing and disseminating the survey results.
Project Director, National Association Component of the HHS Secretary’s the Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention). This task order supports efforts of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services project staff support efforts to expand the adoption and support of research based substance abuse programs by National Associations and Organizations.
Senior Advisor, Elementary and Middle School Technical Assistance Center (OSEP). Consult on the design and implementation of Center, which works with local school districts to improve outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.
Senior Advisor, National Center for Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice (OSEP/OJJDP). Consult on design and implementation of Center projects and products.
Senior Advisor, Voluntary National Test. Consult on design of research on testing accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Communication of Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Program Agenda (OSEP). Responsible for designing, managing, and implementing a set of tasks to communicate, help implement, and evaluate the National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Coordinating and Integrating the SED National Agenda (OSEP). Responsible for designing, managing, and implementing a set of tasks to communicate, help implement, and evaluate the National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. These tasks include designing and implementing a multi-site study of programs and policies that implement one or more targets of the SED National Agenda.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Validating and Implementing A Program Agenda for the Part C Program for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (OSEP). Responsible for designing, managing, and implementing a set of tasks to communicate, help implement, and evaluate the National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. These tasks included research on local, state, and national policies and practices, synthesizing and evaluating the knowledge generated by federally funded projects, and creating a base of support for implementing the seven strategic targets of the National Agenda.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Strategic Planning For Improving Outcomes For Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (OSEP). Responsible for designing, managing, and implementing a set of tasks to complete and validate a National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. These tasks included conducting focus groups, making presentations at stakeholder meetings, researching and analyzing the development of the agenda building process, and preparing a national report that included context statements for each of the strategic targets.
Task Leader and Principal Author, Alternative Approaches to Study; Implementation of Promising Practices for Children and Youth with Attention Deficit Disorder (OSEP). Responsible for designing, managing, and implementing a set of research tasks to provide a careful analysis of the conceptual and methodological issues for studying the implementation of practices and programs for children and youth with disabilities, and in particular, students with ADD. The tasks included convening a panel of experts and researching and writing four papers regarding terminology, conceptualization, methodology, and the validation of promising practices.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Implementing the National Program Agenda for Part E (OSEP). Responsible for directing and consulting on research projects to analyze aspects of the special education knowledge base. Work has involved supervising the analysis of the methodology and reanalysis of data of school-based research projects, examining approaches to violence prevention, and providing technical support to Director of the Division of Innovation and Development and the Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Research.
Task Leader and Senior Researcher, Developing a Program Agenda for Part E: Section 641–643 Research in The Education of Individuals with Disabilities (OSEP). Responsible for managing and implementing a set of tasks to complete and validate a National Agenda for the Part E Research Program and for synthesizing and evaluating the impact of special education research. These tasks included analyzing results of focus group research, researching and analyzing the history of special education research, documenting and analyzing the development of the Part E research agenda, preparing a national report on the six research targets of the Part E agenda, preparing papers on interventions that work for students with disabilities, models for delivering special education services, research on school-based interventions, and on the similarities and dissimilarities of students served under Chapter I (and services provided them) with students with learning disabilities (and the services that they receive).
Senior Researcher and Principal Editor, Planning Work Group for America 2000 Participation of Individuals with Disabilities (Office of the Assistant Secretary of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, U.S. Department of Education). Responsible for preparing a paper on relationship between school reform and students with disabilities, and serving as senior editor of papers on school restructuring; involving families in school reform; teachers and educational restructuring; outcomes in educational reform; and school reform and educational finance which are to be published as School Reform and Students with Disabilities.
Senior Researcher, Synthesizing and Verifying Effective Practices for Children and Youth with Attention Deficit Disorder (OSEP). Consulted on the research design of multi-site study of promising practices for students with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Senior Researcher, Communicating a Knowledge Base for Educating Children with Disabilities. Consulted on the design of research project to synthesize knowledge regarding students of color who are identified as having serious emotional disturbance. Consulted on design of communication plan to synthesize results of studies on school restructuring.
Senior Researcher, Critique Program Review Activities for Implementing Part E Program Agenda. Consulted on design of research activities to examine the grant selection process.
Senior Researcher and Principal Author, Study of ABE/ESL Instructor Training Approaches (Office of Adult and Vocational Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education). Designed, directed, and served as senior author of conceptual paper and training packet on adults with learning disabilities. Designed and delivered training of trainer workshops at Regional Training Workshops. Contributed to the writing of a training package and the development of training workshop on improving thinking skills for adult learners. Wrote technical paper on how culture and gender mediate adult learning and assessment.
Senior Researcher, Developing Interagency Systems at the State Level (National Institute for Literacy). Consulted on the implementation and evaluation of Performance Measurement, Reporting and Improvement Systems (PMRIS) and on State Wide Interagency Systems for Adult Literacy Staff Development. Contributed to the design and implementation of National Academy on Building Interagency Staff Development Systems.
Senior Researcher, National Head Start Social Services Training (Administration for Children and Families). Contributed to the design and implementation of Mega Meeting of Head Start Family Support Demonstration Projects. Designed and implemented training of technical assistance team that provided support to demonstration projects in areas of literacy, substance abuse, and employability. Consulted on the provision of technical assistance to Family Support Demonstration Projects.
Senior Researcher, The Feasibility of Determining the Costs of Providing Early Intervention Services and the Use of Sliding Fee Scales (U.S. Department of Education). Consulted on the design of 5-state feasibility study to examine the costs of state implementation of integrated services under Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Lead Faculty, Teaching Our Most Challenged and Challenging Students. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. (2001).
Lecturer and Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, College Park MD. (1992–2001)
Professor, Springfield College, Springfield, MA; Consultant, Takoma Park, MD. (1990–1991). Consultant to colleges and universities, national organizations, governmental bodies, and community based organizations.
Dean and Director, Schools of Human Services, Springfield College, Springfield, MA, and New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH (1981–1990). Dean of innovative, multi-cultural, multi-site, community-focused undergraduate and graduate school with accredited programs in Counseling and Community Psychology, Community Based Development, Community Economic Development, Community Organizing, Criminal Justice, Family and Youth Services, Gerontology, Human Services, Human Services Administration, Labor Studies, Public Health, and Social Work, and sites in Manchester, NH, New Haven, CT, Springfield, MA, Littleton, NH, Roxbury, MA, St. Johnsburry, VT, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Gothenburg, Sweden. Work also involved teaching and consultation with national, state, and local education and human service organizations.
Associate Professor of Human Services and Director of Undergraduate Programs, School of Human Services at New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH (1978–1981). Developed innovative rural outreach program in Littleton, N.H. (the LINC Program), program to prepare the staff of the Laconia State School for deinstitutionalization (with N.H. Department of Mental Health), and Associate’s Degree Program for clients of human service institutions (with the N.H. Division of Welfare). Work also involved teaching and consultation with national, state, and local literacy, education, and human service organizations.
Academic Dean, Franconia College, Franconia, NH (1974–1978). Academic Dean of experimental liberal arts college that pioneered in the development of programs for older Americans, prisoners, rural New Englanders and para-professionals as well as in the development of inventive approaches to teacher education, general education, and the applied social science. Work also involved teaching and consultation with national, state, and local education and human service organizations.
Faculty Member in History and Sociology and Member of Integrative Studies Program in Women’s Studies, Franconia College, Franconia, NH, (1971–1975).
Instructor, Lehman College, City University of New York. History (1969–1971).
Special Assistant to Professor Louis Cowan, Director of Special Programs, School of Journalism, Columbia University (1969).
Research Assistant to Professor Richard Hofstadter, Columbia University Department of History on violence in American History (1968–1969). Work incorporated in Richard Hofstadter and Michael Wallace, American Violence (New York, 1970).
Project Coordinator and Researcher, American Civil Liberties Union historical research team on conscription in U.S. history (1968–1969). Work incorporated in Leon Friedman, “Conscription and the Constitution: The Original Understanding,” Michigan Law Review, 67 (1969), 1493–1552.
Upward Bound Tutor, Junior High School 99, New York City (1966–1967).
Research Assistant, City University Research Foundation, New York City (1966).
Law Clerk, Javits, Trubin, Sillcocks, Edelman & Purcell, New York City (1962–1965).
Osher, D., Dwyer, K., & Jackson, S. (2003). Safe, Supportive, and Successful Schools Step by Step Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
Osher, D. & Keenan, S. (2003). Linking Schools and Community Services. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Poduska, J. & Osher, D. (Forthcoming). Coordinated and Individualized Services within Systems of Care. Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research.
Kendziora, K. & Osher, D. (In Press). Fostering Resilience among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. In C. C. Clauss-Ehlers & M. Weist (Eds.), Community planning to foster resiliency in children. New York: Kluwer.
Osher, D., Cartledge, G., Oswald, D., Artiles, A. J., & Coutinho, M. (In Press). Issues of Cultural and Linguistic Competency and Disproportionate Representation in R. Rutherford, M. Quinn, & S. Mather (Eds.) Handbook of Research in Behavioral Disorders. New York: Guilford Publications.
Flaherty, L. & Osher, D. (2002). History of Mental Health in Schools in the United States in M. D. Weist, S. Evans, & N. Tashman (Eds.) School Mental Health Handbook (pp.11-22). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishing Company.
Rappaport, N., Osher, D., Dwyer, K., Garrison, E., Hare, I., Ladd, J., Anderson-Ketchmark, C, (2002). Enhancing Collaborations Within and Across Disciplines to Advance Mental Health Programs in Schools in M. D. Weist, S. Evans, & N. Tashman (Eds.) School Mental Health Handbook. (107-118). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishing Company.
Leone, P., Quinn, M. M., & Osher, D. (2002). Collaborating Within the Juvenile Justice System and Youth Serving Agencies: Improving Prevention, Providing More Efficient Services, and Reducing Recidivism for Youth with Disabilities. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education.
Leone, P., Quinn, M. M., & Osher, D. (In Press). On Collaboration within the Juvenile Justice System and Youth Serving Agencies: Improving Prevention, Providing More Efficient Services, And Reducing Recidivism for Youth with Disabilities. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Osher, D. (Forthcoming). Hierarchical Discipline and Centralized Authority: Civil War Drafting and the Development of the Modern American State. Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Osher, D., Woodruff, D. & Sims, A. (2002). Schools Make a Difference: The Relationship between Education Services for African American Children and Youth and their Overrepresentation in the Juvenile Justice System in D. Losen (Ed.) Minority Issues in Special Education (pp. 93-116). Cambridge, MA: The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University and the Harvard Education Publishing Group.
Kendziora, K. T., Bruns, E., Osher, D., Pacchiano, D., & Mejia, B. (2001). Wraparound: Stories from the Field. Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research.
Osher, D, Rouse, J, Woodruff, D., Kendziora, K., & Quinn, M. (2002). Addressing Invisible Barriers: Improving Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education.
Garber, H., McInerney, M., & Osher, D. (2000). A Preventive Education Model for School Restructuring: Creating Parent-Student-Teacher Partnerships to Prevent Postschool Maladjustment. In L. Meyer and C. A. Utley (Eds.), The School Reform Movement: Implementing Effective Schooling Practices and Intervention Strategies for Multicultural Students with Mild Disabilities. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes, Inc.
Osher, D. (2000). Breaking the Cultural Disconnect: Working with Families to Improve Outcomes for Students Placed at Risk of School Failure. In I. Ira Goldenberg (Ed.)., Urban Education: Possibilities and Challenges Confronting Colleges of Education (pp. 4–11). Miami, FL: Florida International University.
Dwyer, K. & Osher, D. (2000). Safeguarding our Children: An Action Guide. Washington, DC: U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, American Institutes for Research.
Quinn, M. M., Osher, D., Warger, C. L., Hanley, T. V., Bader, B. D., & Hoffman, C. C. (2000). Teaching and Working with Children who Have Emotional and Behavioral Challenges. Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
Quinn, M. M., Osher, D., Warger, C. L., Hanley, T. V., Bader, B. D., Tate, R., & Hoffman, C. C. (2000). Educational Strategies for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice.
Garber, H., McInerney, M., & Osher, D. (1999). A Preventive Education Model for School Restructuring: Creating Parent-Student-Teacher Partnerships to Prevent Post-School Maladjustment. In P. Retish & S. Reiter (Eds.), Adults with Disabilities (pp. 33–57). Mahwah, NJ.
Osher, D. (1999). Race Relations and War. In J. Chambers, (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to American Military History (pp. 584–586). New York: Oxford University Press.
Woodruff, D. W., Osher, D., Hoffman, C. C., Gruner, A., King, M., Snow, S. & McIntire, J. C. (1999). The role of education in a system of care: Effectively serving children with emotional or behavioral disorders. Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research.
Quinn, M. M., Rutherford, R. B., & Osher, D. (1999). Special Education in Alternative Education Programs. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children. (ERIC EC Digest #E585).
National Association of State Boards of Education and U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (1999). Reaching For the Sky: Policy to Support the Achievement of Students with Disabilities. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Boards of Education. (with Warger, C., Grunner, A. , Levin, D., & McInerney, M.)
National School Boards Association and U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (1998). Technology Integration For Students with Disabilities: A Decision Maker’s Resource Guide. Alexandria, VA: National School Boards Association. (with Woodward, J., Warger, C., Grunner, A., & Pisacane, C.)
U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (1999). The Parent Guide: A Roadmap for Ensuring that Your Children Receive the Tools They Need to Succeed. Washington, DC, American Institutes for Research. ( with Grunner, A. and Irvin, L.)
Dwyer, K., Osher, D., & Warger, C. (1998). Early warning, timely response: A guide to safe schools. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education
Dwyer, K., Osher, D., and Warger, C., Bear, G., Haynes, N., Knoff, H., Kingery, P., Sheras, P., Skiba, R., Skinner, L., & Stockton, B. (1998). Early warning, timely response: A guide to safe schools: The referenced edition. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research.
Quinn, M. M., Osher, D., Hoffman, C. C., & Hanley, T.V. (1998). Safe, drug-free, and effective schools for ALL students: What Works! Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research.
Osher, D. (1998). The Social Construction of Being At Risk. Introduction to R. Kronick (Ed.), At-Risk Youth: Theory, Practice, Reform (pp. iv-xii). New York: Garland Press
McInerney, M. Osher, D., & Riley, K. (1998). Technology to Support Literacy Strategies for Students Who Are Deaf. Washington, DC: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Sims, A., King, M., & Osher, D. (1998). What is Cultural Competency. Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice.
Osher, D. (1998). Students with Emotional Disturbances. Twentieth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (pp. 45–74). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education
Quinn, M. M., Osher, D., Hoffman, C. C., & Davis, E. (1997). Alternative Practices and Programs for Serving Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
McInerney, M., Osher, D., & Kane, M. (1997). Improving the Availability and Use of Technology for Children with Disabilities (2 vols.). Washington, DC: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
McInerney, M., Osher, D., & Riley, K. (1997). Technology to Support Reading Strategies for Students with Disabilities. Washington, DC: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Isaacs, J. & Osher, D. (1997). The National Infrastructure of Supports for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (2 vols.). Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration & Practice.
Osher, D., & Hanley, T. V. (1997). Building on Emergent Social Service Delivery Paradigm. In L.M. Bullock and R.A. Gable (Eds.), Making Collaboration Work for Children, Youth, Families, Schools, and Communities (pp. 10–15). Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
Osher, D. and Hanley, T. V. (1996). Implications of the National Agenda to Improve Results for Children and Youth with or At Risk of Serious Emotional Disturbance. In R. J. Illback and C. M. Nelson (Eds.), Emerging School-Based Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems: Research and Practice in Service Integration (pp. 7–36). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.
Osher, D. and Osher, T. (1996). The National Agenda for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances. In M. Nelson, R. Rutherford, and B. Wolford (Eds.), Comprehensive Collaborative Systems that Work for Troubled Youth: A National Agenda (pp. 149–164). Richmond, KY: National Coalition for Juvenile Justice Services.
Osher, D. (Ed.) (1994). School Reform and Students with Disabilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Overview: School Reform and Students with Disabilities, in School Reform and Students with Disabilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. and Webb, L. (1994). Adult Literacy, Learning Disabilities, and Social Context: Conceptual Foundations for a Learner-Centered Approach. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Education.
Jones, J., Kerstein, S. and Osher, D., (Eds.) (1994). Diversity and Human Services Education. Knoxville, TN: Council For Standards in Human Services Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Exclusion and Inclusion in American Higher Education: A Social-Historical Analysis. In J. Jones, S. Kerstein, and D. Osher (Eds.), Diversity and Human Services Education (pp. 1–22). Knoxville, TN: Council for Standards in Human Services Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Connected and Context-Dependent Learners in a Different Mode: The Education of Adult Male White Working Class Students. In J. Jones, S. Kerstein, and D. Osher (Eds.), Diversity and Human Services Education (pp. 96–110). Knoxville, TN: Council for Standards in Human Services Education.
Osher, D., Webb, L., and Koehler, S. (1993). Learning Disabilities: Learner Centered Approaches. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Adult and Vocational Education.
Tibbetts, J., Sherman, R., Osher, D., and Weiner, L. (1993). Improving Thinking Skills for Adult Learners. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Adult and Vocational Education.
Osher, D. (1992). “Soldier Citizens” for a Disciplined Nation: Union Conscription and the Development of the Modern American Army. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
Fullerton, S. and Osher, D. (Eds.) (1990). History of the Human Services Movement, Knoxville, TN: Council For Standards in Human Services Education.
Osher, D. (1990). More than Needs and Services: The Antecedent and Concurrent Social Conditions that Influenced the Human Services Movement (pp.30–39). In S. Fullerton & D. Osher, (Eds.), History of the Human Services Movement, Knoxville, TN: Council for Standards in Human Services Education.
Osher, D. and Goldenberg, I. (1988). The School of Human Services: A Case Study in Social Intervention and the Creation of Alternative Settings. In E. Bennett, (Ed.), The Theory and Practice of Social Intervention (pp. 57–90). Lewiston, NY (Volume 11 of Studies in Health and Human Service).
Osher, D., (Ed.) (1982). Reader on Professionalism and Bureaucracy. Manchester, NH: School of Human Services.
Osher, D., (Ed.) (1983). Education Reader. Manchester, NH: School of Human Services.
Berger, S. and Osher, D., (Eds.) (1981). Movements For Social Change Reader (2 vols.). Manchester, NH: School of Human Services.
Osher, D. and Berger, S. (1981). Alternative Colleges: Why They Fail. In J. Ebben and M. Ebben, (Eds.), Institutional Vitality: Up Against the Eighties (pp. 21–30). Washington, DC: Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education.
Osher, D. (1980). The Life and Death of Utopia College. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Institute for Educational Management.
Chambers, J. and Osher, D. (1972). Conscientious Objection in the Civil War, [Introduction to Fernando G. Cartland, Southern Heroes or the Friends in WarTime and Ethan Foster, The Conscript Quakers] (pp. 5–20). New York: Garland Press.
Osher, D. (1970). Roar Lion Roar? In M. Goodman, (Ed.), The Movement Toward a New America, (pp. 30–32). New York: Alfred Knopf.
Osher, D. (1966). The Senate Rejects a Supreme Court Appointment: The Senate Rejection of the Appointment of John Johnson Parker to the U.S. Supreme Court (Master’s Thesis, Columbia University).
Osher, D., VanAker, R., Morrison, G., Gable, R., Dwyer, K., & Quinn, M., Warning Signs of Problems in Schools: Ecological Perspectives and Effective Practices for Combating School Aggression and Violence. (In Press) Journal of School Violence.
Osher, D., Quinn, M. M., Poirer, J. R., & Rutherford, R. (In Press). Deconstructing the pipeline: Using efficacy and effectiveness data and cost-benefit analyses to reduce minority youth incarceration, New Directions in Youth Development.
Osher, D., Morrison, G., & Bailey, W (2003). Exploring The Relationship Between Students. Mobility and Dropout Among Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Journal of Negro Education. 72(1), 79–96
Osher, D. & Quinn, M. (Eds.) (In Press). (Special Issue ) Policies and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Preventing School Failure.
Osher, D. & Quinn, M. (Eds.) (In Press). Policies Matter, Preventing School Failure.
Furlong, M., Paige, L. Z. & Osher, D. (Eds.) (In Press). (Special Issue) The Safe School, Healthy Students Initiative. Psychology in the Schools.
Furlong, M., Paige, L. Z. & Osher, D. (In Press). The Safe School, Healthy Students Initiative: Lessons Learned from Implementing Healthy Youth Development Programs, Psychology in the Schools.
Osher, D., Sandler, S., & Nelson, C. (Winter, 2001). The Best Approach to Safety is to Fix Schools and Support Children and Staff, New Directions in Youth Development, 92, 127-154.
Osher, D. M., Quinn, M. M., Hanley, T. V. (2002). Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: A National Agenda for Success. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11:1, 1-12.
Osher, D. M., Quinn, M. M., & Hanley, T. V. (2002). (Eds.): (Special Issue): The National Agenda. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11:1.
Osher, D. (2002). Creating Comprehensive and Collaborative Systems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11:1, 91-101.
Osher, D., & Hanley, T. V. (2001). Implementing the SED National Agenda: Promising Programs and Policies for Children and Youth With Emotional and Behavioral problems. Education and Treatment of Children, 24:2, 1–29.
Stevenson, L. & Osher, D. (2001). Youth Development. Colors, 1:1, 5.
Osher, D. (Summer, 2001). Assistive Technology Claiming Children. Osher, T. W., & Osher, D. (2002). The Paradigm Shift to True Collaboration With Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11:1, 47-60.
Osher, D., Quinn, M. M., & Hanley, T. V. 2002.. An Agenda for Success. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 10:3, 1-11.
Osher, D. & Keenan, S. (2001), From Professional Bureaucracy to Partner With Families, Reaching Today’s Youth, 5:3, 9–15.
Dwyer, K., Osher, D. & Hoffman, C. C. (2000). Creating Responsive Schools: Contextualizing Early Warning, Timely Response. Exceptional Children, 66:3, 347–365.
Osher, D., & Mejia, B. (1999). Overcoming Barriers to Intercultural Relationships: A culturally competent approach. Reaching Today’s Youth, 3:2, 48–52.
Woodruff, D., & Osher, D. (1999). Three Strategies for Making School Safe. Satlink, September, 1999, 4–5, 7.
Osher, D., Kendziora, K. T., VanDenBerg, J. & Dennis, K. (Eds.). (1999). (Special Issue). Creating Places Where Resilience Thrives. Reaching Today’s Youth, 3:4.
Osher, D., & Webman, D. (1999). Developing Effective Systems of Care: New Monograph Series Documents Promising Practices in Children’s Mental Health. Family Matters, Spring, 1999, 1–4, 6.
Dwyer, K., Osher, D., and Warger, C. (1999). Warning signs of school violence, The Eric Review 7:1.
Osher, D., & Snow, S. T. (Eds.). (1999). Family-Agency Collaboration (Special Issue). Claiming Children, Summer, 1999.
Osher, D. (1999). The Nature of Collaboration. Claiming Children, Summer, 1999, 1–4.
Osher, D., Kendziora, K. T., VanDenBerg, J., & Dennis, K. (1999). Beyond Individual Resilience. Reaching Today’s Youth, 3:4, 2–4.
Osher, D., Kendziora, K. T., VanDenBerg, J., & Dennis, K. (1999). Growing resilience: Creating Opportunities for Resilience to Thrive. Reaching Today’s Youth, 3:4, 38–45.
Kendziora, K. T., & Osher, D. (1999). Federal Agency Prevention Initiatives. Report Prepared for the Division of Program Development, Special Populations and Projects of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institute for Research.
Osher, D. (1999). Safe Schools. The Audio Journal, September 1999.
Osher, D. (1998). Children with Emotional Disturbance in the Juvenile Justice and Correctional Systems: The Implications of IDEA’97. Report prepared for the Office of the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice.
Osher, D. (1998). Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: Focus Group Report. Prepared for the Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U. S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., & Snow, S. (1998). Using Technology to Link Families & Schools to Research-Based Information. In A. Robertson (Ed.) Proceedings of the Families, Technology and Education Conference (pp. 257–265). Champaign, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
Osher, D. (1997). Children with Learning Disabilities and Other Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: Report of the Expert Panel Convened for the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice. Prepared for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U. S. Department of Justice.
McInerney, M., Osher, D., Kane, M., and Gruner, A. (1997). Quick Turn-around Information Requests: Fiscal Year 1996–1997. Prepared for the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute of the American Institutes for Research.
Quinn, M. M., Osher, D., & Valore, T. (1997). The Positive Education Program in practice. Reaching Today’s Youth, 1:2, 58–62.
Osher, D., & Hoffman, C. C. (1997). Information is power! Claiming Children, July 1997, 14–17.
Osher, D. (1996). Working with students who are behaviorally challenging. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. (1996). Strengths-Based Foundations of Hope. Reaching Today’s Youth 1:1, 26–30.
Osher, D., Osher, T., &, Ann, C. (1996). Adoption: A tapestry of connections, Focal Point: A National Bulletin on Family Support & Children’s Mental Health, 10, 29–30.
McInerney, M., Osher, D., and Kane, M. (1996). Improving the Availability and Use of Technology, Media, and Materials For Educating Students With Disabilities. (3 vols.) Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. and Hanley, T. V. (1996). Collaborations for At Risk Children and Youth, Education Sat-Link, 1–6.
Osher, D., Kane, M., Gruner, A., & McInerney, M. (1996). Children with Disabilities and Access to Technology: Federal Strategies. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D., McInerney, DelBorrello, D., & Pisacane, K. (1996). National Supports for Identifying, Accessing, and Using Technology for Children with Disabilities: An Examination of the National Infrastructure that Contributes to the Availability and Use of Technology. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Quinn, M., Osher, D., Hoffman, C. McInerney, M. & Webb, L. (1996). Access to Assistive Technology: The Tech Act and Its Implications for Children and Youth with Disabilities and their Families. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D., Riggan, M., & McInerney, M. (1996). How Families and Educators Access Technology for Children with Disabilities in Maryland: An Analysis of the Infrastructure. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D., Dudzik, P. & Riggan, M. (1996). How Families and Educators Access Technology for Children with Disabilities in Utah: An Analysis of the Infrastructure. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. (1996). From Supporting Families to Family Friendly to Collaborating with Families: Metaphors, Change, and Service Provision. Proceeding of the National Conference on Research and Programs in Support of Children and Their Families (pp. 166–170). The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University: Portland, OR.
Osher, D. & Osher, T. (1995). Families and Social Skills. Social Skills Newsletter.
Osher, D. and Weisel, L. (1995). Riding Shotgun or Riding Heard: A Close Look at Key Factors in Delivering Basic Skill and Literacy Services to Persons with Learning Disabilities in Proceedings of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs. National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs.
Osher, D. and Hanley, T. (1995). The National Agenda: Identifying Promising Practices. SED Quarterly, 2(1), 3–6.
Osher, D., DelBorrello, D., Busch, M., and Azzam, R.(1995). Financing the Acquisition and Use of Assistive Technology. Washington, DC, American Institutes for Research.
Ida, D. J., Mendez, H., and Osher, D. (1995). Organizational and Educational Tools for Multicultural Communities. In D. Safran, (Ed.), Families and Schools: A Global Perspective for a Multicultural Society. Oakland, CA, John F. Kennedy University: Center for the Study of Parent Involvement.
Osher, D. (1995). Communities of Knowledge. Paper prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education for Symposium for Leaders in Education and Technology, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, January 20, 1995.
Osher, D. and Dudzik, P. (1995). Developing a Program Agenda for Part E Sections 641–643: Research in the Education of Individuals with Disabilities: History of the Agenda Development Process. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. and Hanley, T. V. (1995). Implications of the National Agenda to Improve Results for Children and Youth with or At Risk of Serious Emotional Disturbance, Special Services in the Schools, 10:2, 7–36.
Osher, D. and Dudzik, P. (1995). Promising Programs and Policies for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (1995). Report prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., McInerney, M., Traylor, K., and O’Neal, E. (1995) Funding Streams and Funding Ponds: An Analysis of the Infrastructure for Financing the Acquisition and Use of TMM Tools. Report Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1995). Working With Students Who Are Behaviorally Challenging: A Preliminary Report. Prepared for the Assistant Secretary of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Osher, D. (1995). Briefing Paper on Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). Prepared for Frank Holleman, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Education.
Osher, D. (1995). Preliminary Observations on the Development of Three Successful TMM R & D Efforts For Individuals With Disabilities: Captioning, the Kurtzweil Scanner, Most Environments. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1995). Schools Rich in Technology that Improve Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities: A Preliminary Report. Report prepared for the Office of the Special Advisor on Education Technology, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (Ed.) (1995). Agenda for Research in the Education of Individuals with Disabilities (IDEA-Part E). Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., Osher, T., and Smith, C. (1994). Toward a National Perspective in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Developmental Agenda. Beyond Behavior, 6: 1, 4–17.
Osher, D. (1994). The National Agenda: A Parents Perspective, Claiming Children, Fall, 1994.
Langner, W. R. & Osher, D. (1994). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Its impact on adult education programs. Prepared for the Office of Adult and Vocational Education, U. S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., Sheehey, E., and Dudzik, P. (1994). Report on Proposed Initiatives to Implement the Part E Agenda. Technical Report Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs.
Osher, D. (1994). National Perspectives on Assistive and Instructional Technology for Individuals with Disabilities. Paper written for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Examples of TMMP Investment to Improve Educational Results for Individuals With Disabilities. Submitted to the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). The Nature and Structure of TMMP Communities of Knowledge. A Technical Report Prepared for the Directed Research Branch, Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Cohen, J. and Osher, D. (1994). Race and SED Identification: An Analysis of OCR Data. Technical paper prepared for Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Research Necessary to Implement the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Prepared for the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Supporting Implementation of the Technology, Educational Media, and Materials National Agenda: A Linked and Developmental Approach. Submitted to the Directed Research Branch, Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: The Problem. Prepared for the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (Ed.) (1994). National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Prepared for the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Communicating the SED Agenda. Submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). What do we know about adult learners and adult continuing education. Research Memorandum, Pelavin Associates.
Osher, D. (1994). What do we know about historically disadvantaged students. Research Memorandum, Pelavin Associates.
Osher D. and Reeve, A. (1994). What Do We Know About the Effectiveness of Any Particular Intervention for Children With Disabilities? Submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. and Reeve, A. (1994). What Are the Evaluated Special Education Delivery Models? Submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). What Types of Interventions Have Been Shown to Work for Learning Disabled Children? How similar are these children to children typically served by Chapter 1 in terms of achievement gap, needs, and effective strategies? Submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1994). Fighting for Recognition, Freedom, and Community Protection: Black Citizen Soldiers and White Supremacy during the Civil War. Proceedings of The American Historical Association, 1994.
Osher, D. (1993). Diversity and the Challenge of Improving Educational Outcomes: The Case of Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance. In C. R. Ellis and N. N. Singh, Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference (p.152). Richmond, VA: The Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993, 152.
Osher, D. (1993). The National Agenda Report. Submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1993). Building a National Agenda to Achieve Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: The Historical Context. Submitted to the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. and Kane, M. (1993). Describing and Studying Innovations in the Education of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder. A Series of Papers on the Federal Role in Improving Practice in Special Education. Washington, DC: Directed Research Branch, Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. and Kane, M. (1993). Describing and Validating Promising Practices for Students with Attention Deficit Disorders. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute. Submitted to the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D. (1993). Towards the Development of a National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: Background and Context. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. and Wallenstein, P. (1993). “Why the Confederacy Lost: A Review Article.” Maryland Historical Magazine, 88, 95–108.
Osher, D. (1993). School Reform and Special Education. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute.
Osher, D. and Kane, M. (1993). Methodological and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Promising Practices. Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute. Submitted to the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., Flanzer, S., and Evans, E. (1993). Improving Practices for Students with Attention Deficit Disorders: Problems of Definition and Orientation. Submitted to the Division of Innovation and Development, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Osher, D., Flanzer, S., and Evans, E. (1993). Implementing Promising Practices for Children and Youth with Attention Deficit Disorders: A Concept Analysis.
Osher, D. (1992). From Settlement House to Community Empowerment: The Relevancy of Group Work’s Roots. Downers Grove, IL: George Williams College.
Osher, D. (1992). Responses to the SED National “Town Meeting”: An Analysis.
Osher, D. (1992). Training workers to support the Youth Initiative of the Chicago Community Trust: An Analysis. Report submitted to George Williams College, Downer’s Grove, IL.
Osher, D. (1992). Review of We Need Men: The Union Draft in the Civil War], Maryland Historical Magazine, 87.
Osher, D. (1991). Training and Enhancing the Capacity of Youth Workers. Report submitted to George Williams College, Downer’s Grove, IL.
Osher, D. (1991). Diverse Roots, Discrepant Branches, and Discreet Needs: The Evolution, Transformation, and Revitalization of Group and Youth Work. Downers Grove, IL: George Williams College.
Osher, D. (1990). “The Problematics of Merger in Higher Education: A Review” (unpublished research memorandum, George Williams College).
Osher, D. (1989). “Approaches to Collaborative Education: A Literature Review” (unpublished research memorandum, Springfield College School of Human Services).
Osher, D. (1987). Innovation in Two Discrepant Settings: The School of Human Services, 1976–1987. Manchester, NH: School of Human Services.
Osher, D. (1985). Consistency of Assumption in Human Services Education, Bulletin: Council For Standards in Human Services Education, V, 4–5.
Goldenberg, I. and Osher, D. (1983). The Impact of Funding on Community Based Programs: A Program Evaluation Submitted to the New Hampshire Charitable Trust. Manchester, NH: New England Institute for Human Services.
Osher, D. (1969). The Politics and Strategy of Resistance, New Politics, 7, 58–65.
Papers Presented at Professional Conferences
Mobility and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Second IDEA National Summit, Research Forum, Crystal City, VA, June 2003
Deconstructing the Pipeline: Using Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit Data to Reduce Minority Incarceration. Paper Presented for the Harvard Civil Rights Project (with Mary Quinn, Jeffrey Poirier, & Rob Rutherford) Harvard University, May, 2003.
Culture" and "Context" in Overrepresentation Scholarship: Challenges and Risks for Future Research. Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2003 (with Alfredo Artilles & Alba Ortiz)
Schools as a Risk Factor: The Role of General Education in Reducing Minority Disproportionality in Special Education. Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (with Darren Woodruff)
Disproportionate Representation of Children of Color in Child Welfare. What is the Evidence? What can we do? The Implications of Disparities in Education, Health, Juvenile Justice & Mental Health Annual Meeting, Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC, March 7 2003.
Schools Make A Difference. Paper Presented 15th Annual Research Conference on Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, Florida, March. 2003
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice. Presentation at Research Conference on Minority Research, Services and Training, FILIUS Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, University of Puerto Rico, February, 19, 2003.
Family -Professional Partnership as a Vehicle for Change, The Second World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, London, England, September 11, 2002. (with Trina W. Osher)
Disparities Across Other Disciplines and Services Systems. The Children’s Bureau Research Roundtable on Children of Color in the Child Welfare System. Washington, DC, September 19, 2002.
Disparities in Education, Juvenile Justice, Health, and Mental Health. Panel Chair, The Children’s Bureau Research Roundtable on Children of Color in the Child Welfare System. Washington, DC, September 19, 2002.
Safe and Supportive Schools: Implementing Practical, Sustainable and Research-Based Violence Prevention Strategies. Keynote, Research Symposium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, April 26, 2002.
Zero Tolerance: Results of the Face-off Between Policies, School Systems, and Schools: Symposium. Session Chair and Discussant, Annual Meeting of The American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2002.
Family Friendly Psychiatry. Moderator and Discussant, Keynote Panel Annual Conference on Research and Services in Support of Children and their Families, Portland, OR, May 2001.
Wraparound: A Qualitative Examination. Poster Session The 13th Annual Research Conference on Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, Florida, February, 2001.
The Relationship Between Education Services For Children of Color and their Overrepresentation in the Justice Systems: The Case of African American Students, The 14th Annual Research Conference on Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, Florida, February, 2001.
Implementing the Action Guide for Safe Schools, Middle Atlantic Conference on Preventing School and Community Violence, University of Maryland, February 2001.
Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide: A School-Community Prevention Program, Paper Presented at the Inaugural World Conference on The Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, The World Federation for Mental Health, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, December 6, 2000. (With Kevin Dwyer).
Exploring Relationships between Inappropriate and Ineffective Special Education Services for Children of Color and Their Overrepresentation in the Juvenile and Adult Justice Systems. Plenary Panel, Symposium on Minority Issues in Special Education, Harvard University Law School, November 17, 2000.
Developing a Resource Kit for Safe Schools. 24th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders National Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, November 2000 (with Katherine Hoffman).
Safeguarding our Children. 24th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders National Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, November 2000.
Using the Action Guide for Safe Schools. Annual Grantee Meeting of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program, U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice, Washington, DC, November 2000 (with Kevin Dwyer).
Providing Ongoing Professional Development and Support for Individuals Working With Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Disorders. 10th International Adolescent Conference, Portland, OR, October 2000 (with Sandra Keenan).
Valuing and Addressing Diversity. 10th International Adolescent Conference, Portland, OR, October 2000.
Reducing Risk and Preventing Zero Tolerance Behaviors. Plenary, OSEP Research Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 14, 2000.
Promoting Success for Secondary Students with Emotional/Behavioral Needs: Research-Based Strategies for Administrators. Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 7, 2000.
Mentally Healthy Schools. Annual Conference on Research and Services in Support of Children and their Families, Portland, OR, April 6, 2000.Safe Schools-Healthy Students: Putting Research-based Knowledge into Practice. 13th Annual Research Conference: A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Clearwater, FL, February 2000.
Positive School Environments for All Students. Improving America’s Schools Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1999 (with Carlos Rodriquez, Allison Gruner, Judy Heumann, & Art Lowe).
Positive School Environments for All Students. Improving America’s Schools Regional Conference, Denver, CO., November 1999 (with Carlos Rodriquez, Allison Gruner, Judy Heumann, & Art Lowe).
Going to Scale in Schools and Community Based Efforts: Strategies and Obstacles. American Public Health Association Pre-Conference Prevention Science Symposium, Chicago, IL, November 7, 1999.
Safe and Effective Schools for ALL Students: What Works. Third International Conference on children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Dallas (Irving), TX, October 1999.
Early Warning Signs & Primary Prevention. 4th National Conference on Advancing School-Based Mental Health Services, Denver, CO, September 18, 1999 (with Larry Cohen).
The Promise of IDEA’97 for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Panel Presentation at the OSEP Research Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 1999.
Promising Practices Roundtable: Lessons Learned from the 1998 Initiative. The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Portland, OR, April 20, 1999.
Building Our Schools’ Capacity to Meet Students’ Emotional and Behavioral Needs. Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 15, 1999.
Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools for All Students: What Works. Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 15, 1999.
Computers and Families. Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families. Annual Meeting of the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland, OR, April 20, 1999.
Education Programs that Work Effectively with Families. Annual Meeting of the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland, OR, April 20 1999.
Safe, Drug-free, and Effective Schools for ALL Students: What the Research Shows. Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. Clearwater, FL, February 1999.
Strategies for Facilitating Collaboration among Community Partners. Center for Mental Health Services Symposium on Mental Health and School Violence, Rockville, MD, March 4–5, 1999.
Putting Research-based Knowledge into Practice. Presentation at Invitational Dinner on Research to Practice, 13th Annual Research Conference: A System of care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Clearwater, FL, February 1999.
Inter-agency Collaboration in the United States The International Symposium on Children’s Mental Health –Using a System of Care Approach. Center for Mental Health Services and the Pan American Health Organization, Rockville, MD, 1999.
Breaking the Cultural Disconnect Between Families and Schools. Symposium on Possibilities and Challenges Confronting Colleges of Education, Miami, FL, December 11, 1998.
Collaboration 101. Fourth National Conference on Advancing School-based Mental Health Programs, Denver, CO, 1998.
Computers and Families. Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland, OR, April, 1998.
What’s Preventing Progress: A National Portrait. International Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, April, 1998.
Federal Collaboration for Success. Eighth Annual National Conference on Educating Adjudicated, Incarcerated, and At-Risk Youth, Palm Springs, CA, January 15–17, 1998.
What Makes Programs for Kids with Emotional or Behavioral Problems Successful. Eighth Annual Conference on Educating Adjudicated, Incarcerated and At-Risk Youth, Palm Springs, CA, January 15–17, 1998.
Providing Appropriate Education while Keeping Schools Safe and Drug-free. Eighth Annual Conference on Educating Adjudicated, Incarcerated and At-Risk Youth, Palm Springs, CA, January 15–17, 1998.
Positive Approaches to School-wide Behavior. U.S. Department of Education’s 1997 Regional Conference on Improving America’s Schools, Washington, DC, 1997.
Using Technology to Link Family and Schools to Research-based Information. ERIC/NPIN Family. Technology and Education Conference, Itasca, IL, March 1997.
Challenge #1: Technology and Education Reform — What We Know and What We Need to Know. Technology Literacy Challenge: A National Working Conference for Challenge Grantees, Washington, DC, May, 1997.
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice: Strategies for Improving Services for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. International Council for Exceptional Children, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1997.
Promoting Positive Behavior for Students with Disabilities. National Invitational Meeting. of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, U.S. Department of Education, Arlington, VA, June 1997 (with Tom Hanley and Gayle Porter).
Collaboration as a Natural Act. Paper presented at the National Conference on Research and Programs in Support of Children and Their Families, Portland, OR, April 1996.
SED Agenda: Cultural Sensitivity, Respect, and Competence. 20th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders National Conference, Tempe, AZ, November 1996.
SED Agenda: Empowerment: Enabling All Players. 20th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders National Conference, Tempe, AZ, November 1996.
Identifying Effective Practices for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ, November 19, 1995.
Beyond Cultural Competence: Confronting the Politics of Difference. Presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Washington, DC, November 18, 1995 (with Dixie Jordan, Velva Spriggs, and Mary Telesford).
The American Disabilities Act (ADA): How it will Impact on Adult Education Programs. Paper Presented at the Fifth Annual National Conference of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs, Chicago, IL, October 13, 1995 (with William R. Langner).
Effective School-Wide Interventions and Practices. Paper Presented at Accepting the Challenge: Education’s Role in the System of Care: Expanding Options and Improving Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Needs, Itasca, Illinois, Sept. 22, 1995.
From Supporting Families to Family Friendly to Collaborating With Families: Metaphors, Change, and Service Provision. Paper Presented at the National Conference on Research and Programs in Support of Children and Their Families, Portland, OR, June 1, 1995.
New Frontiers in Civil Rights Litigation, 1960s-1990s. Panel Chair and Commentator, Annual Meetings of the Organization of American Historians and the National Council on Public History, Washington, DC, April 1, 1995.
Research in Context: Describing, Studying, and Proving the Effectiveness of Instructional Innovations in a Variety of Contexts. Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the American Research Association, (Division H — School Evaluation and Program Development), San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1995.
Effective Practices for Educating Children with Attention Deficit Disorder and Serious Emotional Disturbance (April, 1995) Paper presented at the Annual Conference of The Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, IN (with M. McInerney).
A National and Historical Perspective on School and Community-Based Approaches to Preventing Violence and Reducing Aggressive Behavior. Paper presented at the Conference on Violent and Aggressive Behavior in Our School and Communities, Waterville Valley, NH, January 27, 1995.
Eliminating Service Gaps for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Paper Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference on Adjudicated and At Risk Youth. Palm Springs, CA, January 13, 1995.
Integrating the National Agenda in a Preservice Course: Trends and Issues for Students with Behavior Disorders. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ, November 18, 1994 (with Janice Baker).
Walking the Walk or Talking the Talk: the Rocky Road to Parent-Professional Collaboration. Paper Presented at the 6th Annual National Conference of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Washington, DC, November 13, 1994 (with Richard Donner).
Organizational and Educational Tools for Multicultural Communities. Paper Presented at the International Conference on Families and Schools, Oakland, CA, October 31, 1994 (with DJ Ida and Hector Mendez).
Riding Shotgun or Riding Herd: Distinguishing Between Consumer Driven and Provider Driven Approaches to Service Delivery — The Case of Adults with Learning Disabilities. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Adults with Special Learning Needs, Philadelphia, PA, September 30, 1994 (with Laura Weisel).
More Than Military Compulsion: Conscription and the Transformation of Citizen Soldiering, 1863–1865. Paper Presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, GA, April 16, 1994.
Diversity and the Challenge of Improving Outcomes for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Paper Presented at the 1994 Annual Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children, Denver, CO, April 8, 1994.
Fighting for Recognition, Freedom, and Community Protection: Black Citizen Soldiers and White Supremacy During the Civil War. Paper Presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Historians, San Francisco, CA, January 9, 1994.
Meeting the Educational Needs of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System: Implications of the National Agenda for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ, November 19, 1993 (with Peter Leone).
Collaboration with Families to Improve Educational Outcomes. Mid-Atlantic Symposium on Best Practices for Dealing with Students with Learning and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Virginia Beach, VA, October 16, 1993.
Diversity and the Challenge of Improving Educational Outcomes: the Case of Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Paper Presented at the Third Annual Virginia Beach Conference on Children and Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Virginia Beach, VA, October 5, 1993.
Adult Literacy, Learning Disabilities, and Social Context: The Need for a Learner-Centered Approach. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Adults with Special Learning Needs, Charlotte, NC, September 27, 1993.
Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: A National Agenda. Paper at the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Annual Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, April 30, 1993 (with Martha Coutinho).
Creating a National Agenda for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: the Findings and Targets. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Antonio, TX, April, 1993.
Developing and Validating a National Agenda for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Antonio, TX, April 1993.
The Militia and U.S. Society, 1814–1850: The Historiography and Social Functions of a Protean Institution. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic, Madison, WI, July, 1991.
More Than Some Programs: An Oral History of the Movement For Human Services Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Organization for Human Services Education, Boston, MA, October, 1990.
Cross-ruff: The Interaction of Parents, Older Adopted Children, Schools, and Social Workers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Organization for Human Services Education, Boston, MA, October, 1990.
The Political Functions and Historical Context of Collaborative Learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Chicago, IL, and April 1989.
Accreditation and Licensure in a Social Context. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Organization for Human Services, Newport, RI, April 1989 (with Richard Davila).
Brothers and Sisters with a Difference: Feminist and Liberatory Approaches to Education. Paper presented at the FIPSE Collaborative Education Theory Conference, Leslie College, Boston, MA, January 1989.
Linguistic and Cultural Bias in Testing and Assessment. Session chair, National Conference on Fair and Open Testing, Howard University Law School, Washington, DC, June, 1988 (with Mary Hoover & Orlando Taylor).
The Political Context of Accreditation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Community Based Education, Washington, DC, October 1988.
Education and Social Intervention. Paper presented at the International Conference on Social Intervention, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, April 1988.
The Cold War and the Human Services. Paper presented at the Conference on the Cold War. School of Human Services at New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, November 1987.
On the Collaboration Between African Americans and Jews. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society, New Haven, CT, April, 1987.
Gender Discrimination in Pensions. Paper presented at the Conference on Economic Discrimination and Women, Concord, NH, May 1985.
Competing Oppression and Social Structure: A Psycho-Historical Examination. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Organization For Psycho-History, New York City, May, 1985.
Educational Innovation and Change. Paper presented at the National Conference on Institutional Vitality and Professional Development, Siena Heights College, Adrian, Mich., March, 1979 (with Stephen Berger).
Civil War Conscription: A Working Model. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Chicago, April 1973.
Selected Colloquia, Seminars, Workshops, Keynotes, Speeches, (1980–2002)
Funding Communities and Schools. Communities in Schools National Conference, Las Vegas, NV, August 2003.
Safeguarding Our Children: A Shared Vision. Keynote, SAMHSA National Youth Violence Prevention Grantee Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June, 2, 2003.
Funding and Sustaining Prevention Efforts in Hard Times. National Coordinator Leadership Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2003.
Mentally Healthy and Supportive Schools. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Toronto, Canada, April 11, 2003.
Making a Difference in Hard Times. Commencement Address, School of Human Services, Springfield College, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.
Safe & Supportive Schools. National Center for Mental Health Promotion & Youth Violence Prevention, Safe Schools/Healthy Students National Conference, Washington, DC, April 7, 2003.
Special Education and Juvenile Justice. National Conference of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs, Columbus, OH, March 2003.
Transition Needs of Youth with Emotional Disturbance. National Conference of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs, Columbus, OH, March 2003.
The Role of Student Service Personnel, Families, Systems of Care & Wraparound In Leaving No Child Behind. Hillsborough County Pupil Services Personnel Training Tampa, Florida, February 2003.
Don’t Get Left Behind. Keynote, Iowa Teacher-Parent Partners Meeting, February, 2003 (with Trina Osher).
Cultural Competency in Prevention Work. National Coordinator Training, Scottsdale, AZ, January 2003.
Using Strategic Planning to Design Effective and Sustainable Prevention Programming. National Coordinator Training, Scottsdale, AZ, January 2003 (with Roger Wesissberg).
School-linked Prevention Stategies That Work. National Coordinator Training, Scottsdale, AZ, January 2003 (with Frank Zanere).
Working with Troubled Youth: Why Partnering with and Collaborating with Families is Important. Presentation January 2003 at the Children’s Board, Tampa, FL.
The Role of Education in a System of Care. Keynote National Grantee Meeting of Comprehensive Mental Health Systems For Children and the Families, Portland, OR, January 2003.
Making a Difference For Children, Youth, and Families. Keynote, Annual Meeting of Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services. Dallas, Texas, October, 29, 2002.
Leaving No Child Behind (or out of school): Effective Approaches to Preventing Poor School and Community Outcomes and Promoting Healthy Development. Special Session, Sixth Annual Statewide Meeting of The Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State Syracuse, NY, October 26, 2002.
Effective Collaboration for Serious and Violent Program Reentry. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Conference on Serious and Violent Program Reentry. Washington, DC, October 1, 2002.
School Mental Health Rhetoric and Reality. Chair, Plenary Panel, 7th National Conference on Advancing School Mental Health Programs, Philadelphia, PA, September 21, 2002.
Safe, Supportive, and Successful Schools, Step by Step. Workshop, 7th National Conference on Advancing School Mental Health Programs, Philadelphia, PA, September 21, 2002.
Using the Resource Kit for Safe Schools. Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Safe and Drug Free Program, Washington, DC, August, 7, 2002 (with Susan Gorin).
Juvenile Justice & Safe Schools. Keynote, Statewide Meeting on Developing Systems of Care, Austin, TX, August 6, 2002.
Systems of Prevention and Care for Children’s Mental Health. Keynote, Annual Meeting of the North Dakota Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Bismark, ND, June 24, 2002.
Best Practices in Education: What Do the Data Reveal. Workshop, Annual Meeting of the North Dakota Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Bismark, ND, June 24, 2002.
Safe, Supportive, and Successful Schools Step by Step. Workshop, Annual Grantee Meeting of Safe Schools/ Healthy Students Initiative, Tyson’s Corner, VA, May 18, 2002 (with Kevin Dwyer.
Primary Care in A System of Care. Bureau of Primary Health Care Annual PHPC Training Symposium, ST. Louis, MO, May, 2002 (with Mary Tierney).
Cultural Competence in Functional Behavioral Assessment. Annual Meeting of the Council For Exceptional Children, New York; New York, April 2002 (with Brenda Townsend).
Wraparound: A Qualitative Examination. Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the Council For Exceptional Children, New York; New York, April 2002.
Enhancing Collaboration to Advance Mental Health Programs in Schools. Annual Meeting of the School Social Work Association of America, Atlanta, GA., March 26, 2002.
Discipline and the Role of Functional Behavioral Assessment. Georgetown University Law School and Child Development Center, Washington, DC, March 21, 2002.
Linking Safe Schools and School Reform: Using the Resource Kit for Safe Schools. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Chicago, IL: March 27, 2002.
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: What the Research Says. Keynote, State of the Art in Children's Mental Health: What Really Works! Statewide Conference of the Texas Mental Health Association, Austin Texas, Mental Health Association of Texas, Austin TX, February 26, 2002.
The Impact of Race on Accessing Services in the Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Systems. State of the Art in Children's Mental Health: What Really Works! Statewide Conference of the Texas Mental Health Association, Austin Texas, Mental Health Association of Texas, Austin TX, February 26, 2002.
National Perspectives on Providing Mental Health Services and Promising Practices. Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavioral Disorders, Kansas City, MO: February 22, 2002.
Building Regional, Statewide, and Local Systems for Positive Behavioral Support: The National Picture. Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Behavior/Discipline Workgroup Academy, Phoenix, Arizona, December 12, 2001.
Helping Schools and Communities Address the Needs of Violent and Aggressive Children and Youth. Annual Meeting of the National Council of State Legislators, Washington, DC: December 5, 2001.
Family Professional Partnership. Annual Meeting of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Washington, DC, December 2001.
School Wide Approaches to Discipline: Creating Safe and Supportive Environments for All Students. Kentucky School Safety Conference, Louisville, KY, October 29, 2001.
The Role of Early and Intensive Interventions for Children Who are At Risk or Troubled. Kentucky School Safety Conference, Louisville, KY, October 29, 2001.
Safe and Effective Schools for All Students: What Families Need to Know and What Families Need to Do. Keynote, Nebraska Statewide Family Conference, North Platte, NB, October 20, 2002.
Behavior Management and School Climate. Keynote, 100 Black Men of America, Wimberly Initiative Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 14, 2001.
Research-based Principles of Behavior Management: School Climate, Discipline, and the Imperative of Understanding Cultural Interaction. 100 Black Men of America, Wimberly Initiative Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 15, 2001.
Universal Prevention Overview. Creating Mentally Healthy Schools and Communities, web-based National Conference, September 21, 2002 (with Mary Quinn, Kimberly Kendziora, & Shep Kellam).
Collaboration: A National Perspective. Keynote, Creating Mentally Healthy Schools and Communities, web-based National Conference, September 21, 2002.
Promoting Accommodation, Eliminating Discrimination, and Improving Outcomes for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Disorders. Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 15, 2001.
Collaboration and Partnership. Kansas Keys for Networking, Topeka, KS, July 2001 (with Trina Osher).
Creating a School Environment that Promotes Mental Health: A Three Tiered Approach. National IDEA Summit. Washington, DC, June, 2001 (with Stephanie Jackson and Darren Woodruff).
The Power of Advocacy. Panelist, 13th Annual Washington, DC, Mental Health Month Conference, Howard University, May, 1, 2001.
The Role of Systems of Care in Preventing Youth Violence. Annual Meeting of the National Association for Behavioral Health Care, Portland, OR, April 2001.
Implementing the Action Guide for Safe Schools. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Las Vegas, NV, March 2001
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Implementing the Action Guide for Safe Schools. Preventing Youth Violence. National Center for Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice, College Park, Maryland, February 2001.
What Works in Preventing School and Community Violence. Keynote, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Topical Training, Houston, TX, January 10, 2001.
Addressing Warning Signs Appropriately. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Topical Training, Houston, TX, January 11, 2001.
Symposium on Knowledge Exchange, Adaptation, and Implementation, Discussion Leader, Inaugural World Conference on The Promotion of Mental Health, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 2000.
Moderator, Effective Approaches to Wraparound: A Video Conference. Washington: DC, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health, December 2000.
Working with Families Effectively. Baltimore City Public Schools, August 21, 2000.
Systems of Care. Center For Mental Health Services Mental Health Block Grant Technical Assistance Meeting. , Washington, DC, July 30, 2000 (panel).
Lessons Learned from Effective Collaboration in the United States. Oregon Violence Prevention Institute, Corvallis, OR, July 2000.
Effective Collaboration. Oregon Violence Institute, Corvallis, OR, July 2000.
Linking Safe Schools and School Improvement. Vermont Best Institute, June 29 2000.
National Efforts that Implement the National Agenda. Lunch Keynote, Vermont Best Institute, June 29, 2000.
Creating Safe Schools: The Challenge. Keynote, Southeast Regional Safe Schools Conference: Promising Strategies in Safe School Planning, Charleston, SC, June 26, 2000.
Recognizing and Responding to Early Warning Signs. Keynote, Southeast Regional Safe Schools Conference: Promising Strategies in Safe School Planning, Charleston, SC, June 26, 2000.
Implementing the Action Guide for Safe Schools. Southeast Regional Safe Schools Conference: Promising Strategies in Safe School Planning, Charleston, SC, June 26, 2000.
National Models and National Outcomes from Healthy Urban and Rural Collaborations. Keynote, Kansas Consensus Stakeholders & TAPN Meeting, Topeka, KS, June 22, 2000 (with Trina Osher).
Paving a Better Way: Schools that Work. Plenary Panel, Summit on The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance & School Discipline, Washington, DC, June 16, 2000.
The Mission and Structure of the SPR Partner Organization Community Bridging Disciplines. Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Montreal, Quebec, June 1, 2000.
Creating Safe School Environments. Montana Behavioral Initiative Summer Institute, Bozeman, MT, June 19, 2000.
Public Policy Responses to Traumatized Children and Children Placed at High Risk: A National Perspective. Keynote, Summit on Responding to the Needs of Children Exposed to Violence or Traumatized, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA, May 2000.
Systems of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Keynote, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families, Opening of Catalyst for Change Using a Managed Care Approach, Dover, DE, May, 2000.
President’s Invited Plenary Panel: Meeting of the Mental Health Needs of Children and Families. Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA, April 2000.
How to Involve Families in Creating Safe Schools. 16th Annual Iowa Parent-Educator Connection Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, February 24, 2000.
How Families and Schools Can Work Together to Create Safe Schools. 16th Annual Iowa Parent Educator Connection Conference, Des Moines, IA, February 24, 2000.
An Evening with the Oshers. Iowa Parent Educator Connection Conference XVI, Des Moines, IA, February 23, 2000.
Cultural Competence in Systems of Care. Keynote, New Hampshire Division of Behavioral Health, Opening of CARE: Community Alliance Reform Efforts, Concord, NH, February 3, 2000.
Supporting Children with Challenging Behavior. Panelist, Office of Special Education Programs’ Better Schools Summit, Washington, DC, February 2, 2000.
How Families Can Use Evidence-based Practices for Safe Schools. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 1999.
New York City Superintendents and Substance Prevention and Intervention Network in Schools. Keynote, New York, NY, November 12, 1999.
Safe, Drug-free, and Effective Schools for ALL Students: What Works. Symposium: In Response to School Violence, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York, NY, November 12, 1999.
Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. National Association of School Psychologists Regional Conference, Pordido Beach, AL, November 1999 (with Kevin Dwyer).
Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. National Association of School Psychologists Regional Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 1999 (with Kevin Dwyer).
Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. National Association of School Psychologists Regional Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 1999 (with Kevin Dwyer).
Connecting Resiliency and Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. (1999). Building Bridges: Strengthening Schools and Communities. Cambridge, MA: Harvard School of Public Health (Panelist video on School and Community Violence Prevention).
Identifying Promising Practices for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Special Education Collaborative, San Diego, CA, October 1999.
Improving Outcomes for Students with Emotional Disturbance. Keynote, Special Education Collaborative, San Diego, CA, October 1999.
Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. National Association of School Psychologists Regional Conference, Denver, CO., October 1999 (with Kevin Dwyer).
Safe Schools/Healthy Students. Keynote, Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators, Oklahoma City, OK, September 1999.
Finding Answers to School Violence. Panelist, State Roundtable on School Violence. Appalachian Educational Laboratory, U. S. Senate Building, Washington, DC, August 3, 1999.
School Violence and School Safety. Plenary Panel, National Association of Elementary School Principals State Leadership Conference, Arlington, VA, July 22–24, 1999.
School Behavior, Discipline and Violence Prevention Programs That Work. Massachusetts Urban Project’s 1999 Summer Leadership Institute, Provincetown, MA, August 4–6, 1999.
Collaborations for Safe Schools. Keynote, Community Forum on School Violence Prevention, Flint, MI, July 19, 1999.
Early Warning, Timely Response. Tough Kids. Keynote, Maryland State Department of Education Conference on Building the Capacity of Schools to Meet Challenges Through Early Behavioral Intervention, Baltimore MD, July 14, 1999.
Interventions that Work for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Keynote, Utah 21st Annual Intervention Procedures Conference, Utah Department of Education, Utah State University, Logan, UT, July, 1999.
Safe Schools. Keynote, 1999 Conference, Montana Behavioral Initiative Summer Institute, Missoula, MT., July 1999.
Safe & Effective Schools That Work. Keynote, Greeley Youth Initiative Summit on Youth Violence, Greeley, CO., July 1999.
Collaborations to Improve Results for Students with Emotional Disturbance. Workshop for the Colorado Department of Mental Health. Denver, CO, July 1999.
Addressing Violence in Schools: Enhancing Resilience. 1999 Annual Mental Health Block Grant Technical Assistance Workshop, Crystal City, VA, June 12, 1999.
Educational Programs that Work Effectively with Families. Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families, Portland, OR, June 3–5, 1999 (with Darren Woodruff).
The Role of Education in a System of Care. Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Spring Grantee Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 17–20, 1999 (with Woodruff, D.W., Hoffman, C.C., Gruner, A., King, M.A., & Snow, S.T.)
Collaboration to Improve Mental Health Outcomes. Brownbag Presentation, U. S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, May 1999.
Linking Support Systems, Students and Families. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, April 1999.
Building Safe and Effective Schools: Breaking Down the Barriers to Collaboration. Plenary Keynote to President’s Special Strand, Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, April 7, 1999.
Promising Practices Roundtable: Lessons Learned From the 1998 Initiative. Building on Family Strengths, The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Portland, OR, April 20, 1999.
School-wide Approaches to Safe and Effective Schools. Annual Conference of the Maryland Coalition on Inclusive Education, Baltimore, MD, March, 1999.
Beyond Cultural Competence: Confronting the Politics of Difference. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, November, 1998 (with Ida, DJ; Jordan, D., Mendez, H., Spriggs, V., & Tellesford, M.)
Creating a Better School Environment Tying the Pieces Together. Invited Researcher, U.S. Department of Education’s 1998 Regional Conference on Improving America’s Schools, Denver, CO, October 18–20, 1998.
Creating Safe School Environments. Annual Meeting of the National Association of State Boards of Education, Denver, CO, October 1998 (with Howard Knopf).
Healthy School Environments to Prevent School Violence. Annual Meeting of the National Association of State Boards of Education, Denver, CO, October, 1998.
Using Outcomes Data to Improve Services for Children. The Partnership for Behavioral Health Care Conference on How to Design and Implement a Children’s Services Outcomes Management Program. Phoenix, AZ, October 1998.
Schoolwide Approaches for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. OSEP Summer Institute: Positive Behavior Supports, Columbus, OH, September 22–23, 1998.
Schoolwide Approaches for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. OSEP Summer Institute: Positive Behavior Supports, Kansas City, MO, September 17–18, 1998.
Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools for ALL Students: What Works! Northern Rockies Summit on Safe Schools: Preventing Violence, Promoting Responsible Behavior, Missoula, MT, July 18, 1998.
Culturally Competent Approaches to Linking Schools and Families. Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Spring Grantee Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 1998 (with Maketa Groves).
Overcoming “Parallel Play”: Developing New Systems to Promote Family and Professional Collaboration. International Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, April 14–18, 1998.
A National Information “Needs Sensing” Survey: Scanning Across Disciplines and Families. Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, FL, March 8–11, 1998.
Safe, Drug-free, Disciplined Schools. OSEP’s 8th Annual Technical Assistance and Dissemination Conference, Washington, DC, March 1998.
Positive Approaches to School-wide Behavior. OSEP’s 8th Annual Technical Assistance and Dissemination Conference, Washington, DC, March 1998 (with Mary Quinn & Anthony Sims).
The Relationship Between Learning Disabilities and Youth Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System. Panel, Annual Meeting of the Learning Disabilities Association, Washington, DC, March, 1998 (with John Wilson, Richard Smith, and Glen Young).
Valuing and Addressing Diversity. Plenary Panel on Cultural Competence. Annual Meeting of the National Techncial Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers, Washington, DC, January, 1998.
Providing Appropriate Education while Keeping Schools Safe and Drug-free. Building Professional Perspectives Conference, Palm Springs, CA, January 1998.
Results of the National Information Needs Sensing Survey. Center for Mental Health Services Federal/National Partnership Meeting, December, Washington, DC, December 17, 1997.
Positive Approaches to School-wide Behavior. U.S. Department of Education’s 1997 Regional Conference on Improving America’s Schools, Washington, DC, December 1997 (with Mary Quinn & Anthony Sims).
Effective School-wide Interventions for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. U. S. Department of Education, staff teleconference. October 1997 (with Sandra Keenan and George Sugai).
Alternative Programs for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Presentation to the Office of Civil Rights, U. S. Department of Education, staff teleconference. September, 1997.
Programs that Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Keynote, Annual Meeting of the National Association of Psychiatric Treatment Centers for Children, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 1997.
State-level Collaboration to Create Positive School Environments. Keynote, Mountain Plain Regional State Conference on Positive Behavior, Kansas, MO, September 1997.
Beyond Cultural Competence: Confronting the Politics of Difference. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, November, 1997 (with Ida, DJ; Jordan, D., Mendez, H., Sprigs, V., & Tellesford, M.).
Making Collaboration Work. Linking Schools and Communities: Achieving Better Results for Youth with Challenging Behavior. A Collaborative, Statewide Conference. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, July 14, 1997 (with A. Sims).
From Family Support to Family Friendly to Collaboration: Metaphors, Change, and Service Provisions. Building on Family Strengths: Research and Programs in Support of Children and Their Families, Portland, OR, April 1997.
Challenge #1: Technology and Education Reform — What We Know and What We Need to Know. Presentation given at the Technology Literacy Challenge: A National Working Conference, May 1997.
Collaboration. National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, April 4, 1997 (with Tom Hanley).
Family Data: A National Information Needs Sensing Survey. Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health Conference, Portland, OR, May 1997.
Improving Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Panel, Linking Community and School Services for Students with Disabilities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, December 3, 1996.
Creating Comprehensive Systems and Making Them Work. Implementing the National Agenda for Children/Youth with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders. Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Washington, DC, July 1996.
Creating Comprehensive Systems and Making Them Work. Implementing the National Agenda for Children/Youth with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders. Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Las Vegas, NV, July 1996.
Linking Education and Mental Health. Training Institutes on Children’s Mental Health. Travers City, MI, June 12, 1996.
Making Collaboration Work. Keynote Address, Linking Forces V: The Fifth Annual Children’s Mental Health Conference of Mental Health Agencies, Schools and Parents, Miami, FL, April 23, 1996.
Developing Child and Family-Driven Collaborations to Improve Results for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Workshop, Linking Forces V: The Fifth Annual Children’s Mental Health Conference of Mental Health Agencies, Schools and Parents, Miami, FL, April 23, 1996 (with Matty Rodriguez-Walling).
Keynote and Summary. Florida Shared Services Network Retreat, Miami, FL, April 23, 1996.
Identifying Researchable Questions and Maximizing Knowledge Transfer Regarding Child Abuse and Neglect: Summing Up. The Fourth Forum on Federally Funded Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, Bethesda, MD, April 16, 1996.
Identifying Information Needs and Researchable Questions. Moderator, The Fourth Forum on Federally Funded Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, Bethesda, MD, April 16, 1996.
Information Sources and Optimizing Knowledge Transfer. Moderator, The Fourth Forum on Federally Funded Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, Bethesda, MD, April 16, 1996.
Measurable Accountability in Wrap Around. Workshop, The 4th Annual Wraparound Conference, March 17, 1996, San Jose, CA (with John VanDenBerg).
Community Partnerships for Effective Care. Panelist, Keynote Panel, The 4th Annual Wraparound Conference, March 17, 1996, San Jose, CA.
Building Records or Building People: Using What We Know to Restructure the Education of “At-Risk,” Adjudicated and Incarcerated Youth. Keynote Address, The Sixth Annual National Conference on Educating Adjudicated, Incarcerated and At-Risk Youth, Palm Springs, CA, January 12, 1996.
Synthesizing and Communicating Research Knowledge through Vignettes. Workshop, Cross-Project Meeting, Technology, Educational Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, November 2, 1995 (with Cynthia Okolo).
The Role of Education in Caring for Every Youth’s Mental Health. Presentation at Congressional Briefing on Caring for Every Youth’s Mental Health: An Issue Inseparable from Youth Crime, Washington, DC, October 23, 1995.
Facilitator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Conference on Caring for Every Youth’s Mental Health: An Issue Inseparable from Youth Crime, Washington, DC, October 22, 1995.
School Safety. Panelist and facilitator, Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD) and Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) Joint Forum on School Safety, International Conference of Children With Behavioral Disorders, Dallas, TX, October 5, 1995.
Community Resources for School Based Collaboration. Presentation to Pilot Group of the American Federation of Teacher’s Educational Research and Dissemination Behavior Management Program, August 9, 1995, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Wrapping Supports Around Teachers and Students to Promote Effective Inclusion. Workshop at the Seventh Annual Inclusion Conference of the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education and Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, March 25, 1995.
The National Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance in Relationship to a System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Luncheon Conversation Speaker, A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, 8th Annual Research Conference of the Research & Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, FL, March 6, 1995.
The Role of School Psychologists. Testimony submitted to the Board of Education, Montgomery County, MD, February 2, 1995.
Children With SED in the Classroom: What We Know; How Do We Improve Results? Presentation at U.S. Office of Special Education Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, May 11, 1994 (with Tom Hanley and Gary DeCarolis).
Evaluation for Continuous Improvement. Workshop at the National Institute for Literacy Academy on Building Interagency Staff Development Systems. Washington, DC, March 4, 1994.
Adults with Learning Disabilities: Learner Centered Approaches. Study of ABE/ESL Instructor Training Approaches, Training of Trainers, Phoenix, AZ, October, 1994.
Adults with Learning Disabilities: Learner Centered Approaches. Study of ABE/ESL Instructor Training Approaches, Training of Trainers, Chicago, IL, October, 1994.
Adults with Learning Disabilities: Learner Centered Approaches. Study of ABE/ESL Instructor Training Approaches, Training of Trainers, Atlanta, GA, November, 1994.
Adults with Learning Disabilities: Learner Centered Approaches. Study of ABE/ESL Instructor Training Approaches, Training of Trainers Boston, MA, December, 1994.
The Experience of Families. Panelist, Implementation of the Family Preservation and Support Services Program Roundtable. Family Impact Seminar. Washington, DC, December 10. 1993.
Reclaiming Our Children. Keynote Panelist, Second Annual Conference of Mississippi Families as Allies For Children’s Mental Health, Jackson, MS, December 3, 1993.
Improving Outcomes for Children with Serious Emotional Disorders: Perspectives for Educators. Workshop, Second Annual Conference of Mississippi Families as Allies For Children’s Mental Health, Jackson, MS, December 3, 1993.
Improving Outcomes for Children with Serious Emotional Disorders: Perspectives for Families. Workshop, Second Annual Conference of Mississippi Families as Allies For children’s Mental Health, Jackson, MS, December 3, 1993.
The Future of Educational Programming for Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities. Panel member, Seventeenth Annual Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ, November 20, 1993.
Exploring New Frontiers in Family-Centered Services. 5th Annual National Conference of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Arlington, VA., November 13, 1993 (with Evelyn Williams).
Open Forum on Critical Issues Affecting Students with Learning and Emotional Problems. Discussion leader, Mid-Atlantic Symposium on Best Practices for Dealing with Students with Learning and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, VA, October 15, 1993.
Improving Outcomes for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance at the Local Level: Utilizing the National Agenda. Presentation to the State Leaders residents of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders, Saint Louis, MO, October 1, 1993.
Special Education, Special Populations. Presentation at the 10th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Psychiatric Treatment Centers for Children, Washington, DC, April 26, 1993.
Strategic Targets to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Presentation to the Special Education-Mental Health Coalition, Reston, VA, January 18, 1993.
The Militia and Social History. Colloquium, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, September, 1992.
Community Based Colleges: Strategies for Development. Session chair, Annual Meeting Association For Community Based Education, Alexandria, VA, November, 1991.
Cultural Perspectives on Substance Abuse Work. Keynote Panelist, Annual Meeting of the National Organization For Human Services Education, Boston, MA, October 1990.
Culture and Community Workshops for Culture Workers and Community Based Organizers. Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, June 1990 (with Jane Sapp, Yvonne Easton, and Deborah Barndt).
Liberation, Education, and Paulo Freire. Keynote Address, Norwich University Colloquium on Educational Ideas and Social Change, Norwich, VT, October, 1989.
Kenneth Clark and the Development of Community Psychology. Springfield College, Springfield, MA, May 1989.
Conference Summary. New England Adult Research Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire, May, 1989.
Language Loyalty and Prejudice. Testimony before New Hampshire House Committee on Education, Concord, NH, April, 1989.
[Historical] Content and Collaborative Learning: A Case Study in Enriching Meaning. Group facilitator, Annual Meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Chicago, IL, April, 1989.
The Civil Rights Struggle and its Impact on the Civil Rights of White Americans. Martin Luther King Birthday Meeting, Concord, NH, January, 1989.
The Future of Child Welfare in New Hampshire. Invited Dinner Address, Annual Meeting of the Spalding Youth Center, Tilton, NH, January, 1989.
The Need for a Multi-Cultural Approach to History. Testimony before Manchester Board of Education, Manchester, NH, December, 1988.
Paulo Freire and the Humanization of Education. Address, New Hampshire College, Hooksett, NH, August 1988.
Myles Horton and Popular Education. Address, New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, May, 1988.
Accreditation and Community Based Education. Highlander Research Center, New Market, TN, April, 1988.
Community Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Workshop, National Educational Association, New Hampshire Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, April, 1988.
The Highlander Center and the Struggle for Civil Rights. Address, New Hampshire College, Hooksett, NH, January 1988.
Collaborative Learning in the United States. Seminar, Department of Social Work, Umea University. Umea, Sweden, September, 1987.
The New Economics of Labor. New Hampshire Public Radio, September, 1987.
Keynote, Annual Meeting of the New Hampshire Home Health Providers. Londondery, NH, May, 1987.
Welfare Reform, Settlement Laws, and U.S. History. New Hampshire Public Radio, April, 1987.
Welfare Reform. Testimony before the New Hampshire House Committee on Welfare, April, 1987.
Martin Luther King and Social Change. Address, New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, January 1987.
Social Change in the United States. Seminar, Department of Social Work, Stockholm University. Stockholm, Sweden, October, 1985.
Increasing Productivity in Public Services Organizations. Workshop, Persatuan Badan Berkanun Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 1985.
Education and Youth Workers. Seminar at the Youth Ministry, Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 1985.
Distance Education and Social Change. Seminar at Sarawak Foundation, Kuching, Malaysia, July, 1985.
Higher Education in the United States. Seminar at Persatuan Badan Badan Berkanun Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July, 1985.
The Social Context of Adoption. Address, New Hampshire Adoption Conference, New Hampshire College, Hooksett, NH, May, 1984.
Interracial Adoption. New Hampshire Adoption Conference, New Hampshire College, Hooksett, NH, May, 1984 (with Pat Glover).
Higher Education Models and Native American Education. New England Native American Education Conference, Port of Galilee, RI, September, 1981.
From Back Room to Back Streets: Deinstitutionalizing or Dumping. Workshop presented for the New Hampshire Council on the Humanities, Nashua, NH, February 1981.
The ABC’s of Deinstitutionalization in New Hampshire. Conference on Deinstitutionalization in New Hampshire. New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, August, 1980.
Video Productions
Opening the Doors to Learning (2 videos). Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute for U.S. Department of Education (Executive Producer).
Promising Practices for Safe and Effective Schools (1999). Washington, DC: Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (Executive Producer).
Making Collaboration Work: A Town Hall Meeting (1996). Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute for U. S. Department of Education (Executive Producer).
Making Collaboration Work for Children, Youth, Families, Schools, and Communities (1996). Washington, DC: Chesapeake Institute for U.S. Department of Education (Executive Producer).
Assistive Technology: What Do Consumers Want? (1994). Washington: DC, Chesapeake Institute for U.S. Department of Education (Executive Producer).
The Other Side of the Mountain [3 videos] (1988). Berlin, NH: Labor History Project (Project Humanist).
Symposia and Invitational Meetings
National Conference On Lethal School Violence, Kennedy School, Harvard University, May 20, 2002.
Examining Diversity in Urban Schools. National Institute for Urban School Improvement, Washington, DC, November 29-30, 2001.
Sustaining Whole School Behavior Support Models in Urban Schools, National Institute for Urban School Improvement, Washington, DC, September 2000.
The Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health, Washington, DC, September 2000.
21st Century Juvenile Justice Issues Symposium. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA, June 2000.
FBI Symposium on School Violence, Leesburg, VA, July 1999.
White House Conference on Children’s Mental Health, Washington, DC, June 7, 1999.
National Governors Association Summit on Youth Violence, Raleigh North Carolina, March 1999.
OSERS-OBEMLA Special Forum on Early Intervention, Denver, CO, October 1998.
Applying the GAINS Model to Prevention Mental Health Services for Youth Children and Their Families, Washington, DC, March 24–25, 1998.
Prevention, Center for School-based Mental Health and Center for Effective Collaboration & Practice, March 1998, Baltimore, Md.
Invited International Symposium on Education Reform in the U.S. and England and Wales, Oct. 23–25, 1997, Washington, and DC.
Ecological Validity and the Assessment of Children’s Psychopathology and Functioning, National Institute for Mental Health, Tyson’s Corner, VA, April 28–29, 1997.
Expert Panel on Youth with Learning and Other Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System (for the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Arlington, VA, March, 1997 (facilitator). Summit on Youth Violence, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Arlington, VA. April 25–26, 1996.
Federal Communication Efforts Regarding Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (for the Center for Mental Health Services) Washington, DC, May 1996 (Facilitator).
Making Collaboration Work for Children, Youth, Families, Schools, and Communities, Washington, DC, May 1996.
National Leadership Symposium: Community Strategies for Children and Families: Promoting Positive Outcomes, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, February 14–16, 1996.
Dialogues on the Future, Center for Mental Health Services, Bethesda, MD, December 4–5, 1995.
Developing a System of Care to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and Their Families, The Center for Mental Health Services, Atlanta, GA, November 29–30, 1995.
Technology Transfer and People with Disabilities, March 25, 1994, Washington, DC.
Invitational Research Workshop on Inclusion, National Center for the Study of Inclusion, New York City, June 20–22, 1994.
National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children with Disabilities. U. S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, June 1994.
Screening and Assessment of Learning Disabilities, National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center, Washington, DC, July 1994.
Summit on Learning Disabilities, National Center for Learning Disabilities, September 20–21, 1994, Washington, DC.
Disproportionate Participation of Students From Ethnic and Cultural Minorities in Special Education, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA, June 3–4, 1993.
Professional Association, Board, and Task Force Work (1980–2000)
Peer Reviewer and Adjudicator, Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education; The National Center for Education Statistics U. S. Department of Education; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U. S. Department of Justice; Children’s Bureau and Center for Mental Health Services, U. S. Department of Health & Human Services; National Institute for Literacy; National Association of School Psychologists; Council for Exceptional Children; The Journal of Urban Education; The Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Interagency MIS Roundtable (2000-)
The Finance Project (Advisory Board) (1999-)
The Hope Foundation (Advisory Board) (1999-)
U. S. Department of Education Improving America’s School Conference, Institute on School Environment Design Team (1997–1999)
Interagency Task force on Lead Poisoning and Juvenile Delinquency (1999-2000)
Steering Committee, National Resource Network for Child and Family Mental Health Services (1997–9)
Mental Health Task Force Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (1996–1997)
Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Strategic Planning Group, 1995–1998)
Regional Resource and Federal Centers Assistive Technology Work Group (1996–1998)
Design Team, OSEP Cross-Project Prevention Strategies Work Group (1997)
National Association of Adults with Special Learning Needs, National Advisory Board, (1996)
Consultant Advisory Committee, School Outcomes and Community Benefits for
Minority Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: A Synthesis of the Research Literature, The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout, (1995–1997)
La Familia Counseling Services (Advisory Board, 1995)
State of Kentucky Training Collaborative for Social Competence and Emotional Health of Children and Youth (1995)
American Federation of Teachers (Educational Research and Dissemination Behavior Management Advisory Board, 1995)
Illinois Board of Education (Conference Advisory Committee for “Accepting the Challenge–Education’s Role in the System of Care, 1995)
Research and Training Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout (Constituent Resource Committee to Systematic Integrative Review of School Outcomes and Community Benefits for Minority Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance, 1995)
Regional Resource and Federal Centers Mental Health/Service Coordination Work Group (1994–1998)
Maryland Coalition For Inclusive Education (Board of Directors, 1994–2000; Chair, Program Committee, 1995–1997)
PAVNET (Partnerships Against Violence Network) Work Group, National Institute of Justice, (1994–1995)
Inclusion Task Force, National Federation of the Blind (1993)
Policy Forum on Disproportionate Participation of Students From Ethnic and Cultural Minorities in Special Education Classes and Programs, Project Forum at NASDSE for Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education (1993)
Latin American Youth Center (Washington, DC) Board of Directors (1991-2001)
National Center for Cultural and Community Development Board of Directors (1990–1994)
National Organization for Human Services Education (Chair, Planning Committee and site coordinator for Annual Meeting, October, 1990)
National Organization for Human Services Education (Co-chair, Panels on Abuse, Annual Meeting, October, 1990)
Council For Standards in Human Services Education (Council Member and New England Director, 1989–1990)
Association For Community Based Education (Planning Committee for 1990 Annual Meeting; ad hoc committee on community based higher education, 1991–1992)
Springfield College School of Human Services, Social Work Program Advisory Board (1988–1990)
New England Adult Research Network (NEARNET) (Executive Committee, 1987–1990)
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Human Services and Education, Portsmouth, NH (1987–1988)
New Hampshire College, School of Human Services, Criminal Justice Program, Advisory Board (1985–1987)
New Hampshire Governor’s Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Certification Standards Development Committee (1980–1981)
New Hampshire Advisory Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, New Hampshire Department of Education (1980–1982)
Hawthorne Day Care Center, Roxbury, MA (Board of Directors, 1980–1984)